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Deborah Maclaren - Editorial Expert
Deborah is a book reviewer, passionate literacy advocate, regular speaker and presenter about the power of books and the importance of reading for pleasure.
MD of LoveReading and LoveReading4Kids since 2018, Deborah has led the brand into a new world, filled with brilliantly bookish content and the launch of an online bookstore with social purpose. Their mission to share book love and to get more people reading is a daily reality.
Deborah’s ten years governing in schools has given her a strong perspective on the issues facing our education system and she feels passionately about doing more. Deborah has been a Fellow of the RSA since 2020, she is a trustee of two children focussed charities and a judge of several awards including The Week Junior Book Awards, Coram Voices and The Shine Media Awards. She adores sharing book love.
Starting with a tiny little seed growing inside an apple, this picture book takes you and your little readers on an adventure through our world, showing how we are all connected to each other.
Exploring the world with beautiful, bright illustrations and die-cut shapes to investigate on every page, it's a fun voyage of discovery. And make sure you're paying attention and spot the details on every page as the characters appear throughout the story.
From a caterpillar, to a bird, to a dog, to a cat, to some flowers, to people, to a lake, to a city, to the ... View Full Review
Leila loves painting and bright colours, her bedroom walls featuring her artwork. But she's not a fan of the dark. When one night she notices a girl's face peering down at her from the moon, Leila waves back and a friendship is born.
As Moon Girl accompanies Leila on her midnight adventure, her magic paintbrush lights up the dark and enables Leila to banish her fear of the dark. Page by page they discover gems hidden in the darkness as Leila realises perhaps the night isn't so scary after all.
Showing that children can take control back and banish their ... View Full Review
Bursting off the page are Hector Dexet's bold and bright illustrations, introducing young readers to the wonders of nature. It's a triumph of interactive storytelling, as you follow a little seed on their journey through nature, season by season. The journey of a tiny seed as it bravely adventures, grows, and transforms.
With a blend of education and enchantment, this book encourages curiosity about the natural world, with the flaps and die-cuts on every page keeping the reader engaged, entertained and enthralled. Perfect for bedtime reading and early learning, it’s a delightful adventure that nurtures a love for ... View Full Review
Those cheeky crayons of The Day the Crayons Quit fame are back. Colouring has never been the same again since Drew Daywalt collaborated with Oliver Jeffers to create this award-winning series of picture books. This one, for Mummies everywhere, is part of a new set of picture books celebrating our loved ones.
Full of the usual colour and bursting with life this is an absolute treasure of a book, celebrating mummies, daddies, grandparents and carers of all shapes, sizes, and colours. It's a beautiful and inclusive book with the Crayons' trademark humour and heart, highlighting diverse families united by love, ... View Full Review
For every pet-loving child desperate for a new addition to the family, check out How To Walk A Whale. This colourful picture book is a super fun introduction to pets, standard ones and the ones a little out of the ordinary!
Granny thinks bigger is better, and though I'm not sure Mummy will agree, they create a poster to find their perfect pet - a whale! A blue whale, no less, the biggest whale in the ocean and the biggest mammal on Earth. As they learn to understand what whales eat, what they like and don't like, we see how ... View Full Review
Invisible Things was brilliant, and this award-winning team follows it up with two beautiful board books for the toddlers in your life. Another journey to meet the invisible things that make up the human experience. Think about the things we cannot see and how we can better understand them.
In Get the Giggles we meet the cheeky, funny Things that are the Giggles. A school of saucy sallies set on sniggers and smiles. Interacting with the book we understand that when we feel down, what a tonic laughter can be. We are encouraged to be silly and experience the power ... View Full Review
Invisible Things was brilliant, and this award-winning team follows it up with two beautiful board books for the toddlers in your life. Another journey to meet the invisible things that make up the human experience. Think about the things we cannot see and how we can better understand them.
In Feel Calm we are encouraged to put on a pair of magic invisible glasses and meet Chaos. Interacting with the book we understand that Chaos is a busy, messy, loud Thing. Chaos is wound up and we are here to help it unwind. As we trace the lines through the ... View Full Review
Part of the Dress-Up Jobs series, Jin delves into his dress-up box and discovers a whole new world. With every footwear choice he extracts, we're transported through a variety of workplaces and given a real understanding of the jobs that fit each pair of shoes.
Together we explore one for every day of the week: farmer, nurse, ballet dancer, marine biologist, lifeguard. Showing the two sides of work: the roles, responsibilities and relaxation afterwards, Jin helps us investigate what each job entails with lots of new and interesting vocabulary too.
Also check out Hats, Glasses and Bags for more fun ... View Full Review
Taylor Swift is a tour de force. The voice of a generation. A cultural phenomenon. And I love her. How can you not? She's a disruptor who has broken every record, broken every rule and she continues to forge her own path.
If you were lucky enough to see her perform in the ongoing Eras Tour, you'll probably still have goosebumps. The tour, much like this book, is a journey through Taylor's entire musical evolution. A celebration of her career to date and a demonstration of her talent, power and influence. Taylor Swift: Rise of an Icon is a ... View Full Review
It's been 20 years since Oliver Jeffers gifted us his debut picture book How To Catch a Star. And for 20 years he's been wow-ing us with book after beautiful book. To celebrate this 20th anniversary Jeffers delivers another glittering Star Book featuring his cast of cherished characters that have featured in a series of books that include Lost and Found, The Way Back Home and Up and Down.
If you haven't met this delightful duo yet, you really must. Once there was a boy who would often play hide-and-seek with his friends the star and Penguin. When they lose the star, ... View Full Review
A veritable feast of over 300 poems are featured in this gorgeous gift of a hardback book. Likened to a lucky dip filled with a veritable treasure trove of treats, Donaldson shares this compendium featuring some of the nation's favourite poets like Michael Rosen, John Agard, Valerie Bloom, Maya Angelou and Allan Ahlberg. More recent gems feature LoveReading4Kids faves like Coral Rumble, James Carter, Paul Cookson, Jez Alborough and a few from Donaldson herself including our favourite ode to our beloved libraries - The Library Rap and the wonderful I Opened a Book. Donaldson also highlights poems we all grew ... View Full Review
Team up with the world famous private investigator Hartigan Browne in this third in the series of mystery puzzles for the most inquisitive minds.
When a beautifully decorated envelope drops through his letterbox and he finds a letter written in code, he calls out to super sleuths everywhere to aid him in this quest. With ciphers and codes to decrypt and tasks galore, with evidence to sift through, mazes to complete, and spot the differences, you have 12 individual cases to solve. Blazing baubles, we hope you've got what it takes! View Full Review
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